How Many People Are Named Dove?
people named Dove are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 314,140 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,473 babies named Dove in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
144 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From the English word for the variety of bird.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Dove, 98.1% were girls and 1.9% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Dove alive today is about 16 years old, and 78% are under 30. Half of them were between 1 and 26 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Dove first appears in the records in 1880, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 144 babies.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Dove has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #639, in 1880. In 2025 it ranked #1,487.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,487 |
| Best rank | #639 (1880) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,014 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Dove alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Dove were born in California than in any other state: about 74 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Dove was given 2.2 times as often in California and 1.8 times in Texas.
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